On Sat Dec 31st, Fulham and Southampton will play a match in London in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 8th placed Fulham is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Crystal Palace. Bobby Reid struck first for Fulham in the 31st minute on a feed from Aleksandar Mitrović, then Tim Ream added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Aleksandar Mitrović In the end, Crystal Palace couldn’t muster any offence and Fulham ran away with the shutout win. Fulham is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 20th placed Southampton, recorded a 1-3 loss against Brighton & Hove Albion. Adam Lallana struck first for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 14th minute, then Romain Perraud added another on an own goal in the 35th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Craven Cottage, Southampton was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of just over eight thousand dissapointed spectators. Michael Obafemi struck first for Southampton in the 57th minute on a feed from Nathan Redmond, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Fulham was frustrated by Southampton’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Southampton ended the match with the shutout victory.
Southampton is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Stuart Armstrong and Romain Perraud each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Fulham hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Andreas Pereira and Daniel James, and they each have 1 goal
Fulham will be without Manor Solomon, Antonee Robinson and Aleksandar Mitrović, while Nathan Jones’s Southampton squad will be without Kyle Walker-Peters, Theo Walcott, Valentino Livramento and Juan Larios Lopez.